Git checkout remote branch

Git checkout remote branch

//To fetch a branch, you simply need to:

git fetch origin

//This will fetch all of the remote branches for you. With the remote branches 
//in hand, you now need to check out the branch you are interested in, giving 
//you a local working copy:

git checkout -b test origin/test

//Or

git branch test origin/test

With newer versions of git you can just enter:

$ git fetch
$ git checkout <branch>

git fetch will fetch all the remote branches, which you can verify with git branch -r (or git branch -rv), and as long as you don't have an existing branch with the name you want, you can just switch directly to it with git checkout <branch>. All this behavior assumes the default configuration for fetching "refs" for all remote branches and tags, which you can override with options or by configuring the remote. See git fetch --help for details. I like to also include the -p (--prune) option for removing dead remote-tracking refs for refs that have since been deleted on the remote.

Thanks

Exactly what I was looking for sweet!

awesome!

In the rare case that you have a folder at the root of the repository with the same name (test/) as the remote branch (origin/test), you won't be able to checkout to the remote branch using git checkout <branch>. In this case, you'd need to run git checkout --track origin/test (which is the same thing as running git checkout -b test origin/test)

@subfuzion Good points! Thanks.

@subfuzion Thanks for the sharing, Learn a lot from it.

which is the same thing as running git checkout -b test origin/test

Where does my data end up when I call git push? Should I set some upstream?

@americanhanko: 'folder at the root of the repository with sam name' - you saved me dude - thanks a lot!!!!

which is the same thing as running git checkout -b test origin/test

Where does my data end up when I call git push? Should I set some upstream?

How to do git push .......

Thanks for this tip!

Don't forget to do a git pull first otherwise git checkout branch will fail with unknown path spec.

Thanks very much

git fetch origin name:name (will download a specific branch)

git fetch origin name:name (will download a specific branch)

THANK YOU SO MUCH, literally, this is the only solution that worked to me!! :>

To check remote branches use: git branch -r